Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
Download an FTP File into a BinData
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetFileBd method, which downloads a remote file and appends its bytes to a BinData. The first argument is the remote file path and the second is the BinData. No decoding or line-ending conversion is performed.
Background: Downloading into memory avoids a temporary local file when you intend to hash, parse, or forward the bytes immediately. Because it appends, existing bytes in the
BinData are preserved — handy for concatenating several remote files, but clear it first when you want only this one. Since no conversion is applied, this is the safe way to pull content regardless of the current transfer type — which defaults to binary (SetTypeBinary), the recommended setting for essentially every file, text included. The SetTypeAscii mode applies legacy CRLF translation and is rarely needed.Chilkat Visual Basic 6.0 Downloads
Dim success As Long
success = 0
' Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetFileBd method, which downloads a remote file and appends its bytes to
' a BinData. The 1st argument is the remote file path and the 2nd is the BinData. No decoding
' or line-ending conversion is performed.
Dim ftp As New ChilkatFtp2
ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myFtpLogin"
' Normally you would not hard-code the password in source. You should instead obtain it
' from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
ftp.Password = "myPassword"
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success = 0) Then
Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
' The BinData is not cleared automatically, so clear it first for replacement behavior.
Dim bd As New ChilkatBinData
success = ftp.GetFileBd("public_html/image.png",bd)
If (success = 0) Then
Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.Print "Downloaded " & bd.NumBytes & " bytes into memory."
success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If